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Graphs of bounded twin-width are quasi-polynomially $\chi$-bounded

Combinatorics 2022-02-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We prove that for every tNt\in \mathbb{N} there is a constant γt\gamma_t such that every graph with twin-width at most tt and clique number ω\omega has chromatic number bounded by 2γtlog4t+3ω2^{\gamma_t \log^{4t+3} \omega}. In other words, we prove that graph classes of bounded twin-width are quasi-polynomially χ\chi-bounded. This provides a significant step towards resolving the question of Bonnet et al. [ICALP 2021] about whether they are polynomially χ\chi-bounded.

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@article{arxiv.2202.07608,
  title  = {Graphs of bounded twin-width are quasi-polynomially $\chi$-bounded},
  author = {Michał Pilipczuk and Marek Sokołowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07608},
  year   = {2022}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures

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